Chronology of bladed weapons

The different bladed weapons (swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc.) have been of great importance throughout history. In addition to its use for fighting, or in wars, bladed weapons have been the object of special considerations, forming part of funerary rituals, mythology and other ancestral traditions.

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